Fun with Chinese Knotting - Making Your Own Fashion Accessories & Accents

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This flower-shaped knot, made from

red and green leather cords, makes

an attractive accessory on a black woolen

sweater. To form the flower, fold the red

leather cord and tie a cloverleaf knot (1)

followed by a round brocade knot with eight

outer loops (2). Tie another round in every

outer loop of the round brocade knot. Cut

off and hide the end of the left cord inside

the body of the flower. Tie the right cord into

another round brocade knot (3) a short dis-

tance below the flower, to form the bud. Twist

the remaining right cord into a stalk shape

and then hide the end under the flower. Sew

the bud and stalk onto the sweater. Next, tie

the green leather cord into two cloverleaf

knots (4, 5; 6, 7), lengthening the outer loops

to form a leaf shape. Twist both remaining

green cord ends into the shape of a leaf stalk

along the outer edges of the red stalk and

sew onto the garment.

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To make this exceptional floral design,

first fold a red cord and tie a clover-

leaf knot (1) followed by a round brocade knot

with ten outer loops (2). Tie another round

within each outer loop of the round brocade

knot, lengthening the loops, as shown at left.

Continue downward, tying two double con-

nection knots (3, 4) and a pan changknot

(5) also with its outer loops lengthened, as

shown. Then tie eight double connection

knots (6) to form the flower stalk.

For the leaves, start at top right. Tie a green

cord into two cloverleaf knots (7, 8), lengthen-

ing and extending their outer loops to form

branches. Continue downward, using the right

cord to form another leaf (9, 10) and to lay

down loops around pan changknot 5, and the

left cord to form another leaf (11, 12) with

lengthened branches and for embellishment.

Use another green cord to form the second

leaf (13, 14) on the left, then tie three double

connection knots (15) below it. Tie a double

connection knot (18) below the third leaf

(16, 17) on the lower right to make the flower

stalk look thicker. Tie a pan changknot (19)

below the flower stalk. Hide one of the re-

manning cord ends inside the knot body, then

tie the other one into a ru yiknot (20). Hide

that cord end also inside the knot body.

To make the butterfly, tie a red cord into a

round brocade knot (3). Extend the second

outer loop on each side into a cloverleaf knot

(1, 2). Then decorate the butterfly with a green

cord, as shown. Tie another butterfly using

exactly the same technique, but this time

reverse the color scheme. After completing

the flower and the two butterflies, sew them

onto the jacket (or other garment).

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